Subject: Northern Italy
Period: 1623 (published)
Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas sive Cosmographicae…
Color: Hand Color
Size:
18 x 14.2 inches
45.7 x 36.1 cm
This densely engraved map covers the Piedmont region and the Mediterranean coast from Nice to just beyond Genoa. The map includes the cities of Milan and Turin. Decorated with a strapwork title cartouche and stippled sea. Latin text on verso.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #7013:1.1.
Condition: A
A nice impression with attractive color and marginal soiling. There are two short worm tracks along the centerfold that have been professionally repaired with a minute amount of image replaced in facsimile.